Principal Systems Engineer - Athena Control Systems; ONSITE

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market.

Location:

US-VA-STERLING-291 ~ 22640 Davis Dr ~ DAVIS.

Position Role Type:
Onsite.

Position requires U.S. citizenship. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required. Security clearance type:
DoD Secret clearance. Security clearance status:
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Collins Aerospace is looking for a Principal Systems Engineer with a passion for engineering and desire to join the Athena Control Systems Team. With a wide variety of Flight Controls, Autopilot, Engine Control, Sensing and Estimation products, the Athena Controls System Team is responsible for architecting, designing, and developing systems that serve manned and unmanned systems for commercial and military customers.

As a Principal Systems Engineer on the Athena Control Systems Team, you will be leading the development, certification, and maintenance of systems for safety-critical commercial and military applications.

In this role, you'll work with a team of highly motivated world class engineers, ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards of quality and safety.

This role requires a focus on innovation and strong execution with extensive experience developing, integrating and testing software for safety critical embedded systems. The ideal candidate for this role has an embedded and application software development background, experience using MATLAB or other tools to run software in the loop testing and analyze data, experience running on target hardware in the loops simulations, experience with developing certified safety critical systems and experience with system integration testing on hardware in a lab environment.

• Lead and participate in software design, system design and program reviews to ensure team progress against milestones are met and tracking project schedules.
• Write integration and test plans; conduct and lead integration and verification testing to deliver safe high-quality solutions.
• Lead and manage the engineering bid and planning process for a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Work on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Provide communication and status to relevant stakeholders.
• Support verification and traceability of the system requirements.
• Support peer reviews on test procedures & design documentation.
• Help drive resolution for technical issues through problem-solving and coordination across impacted teams and subject matter experts.
• Opportunity to help improve our development processes and tools.
• This position will require up to 15% travel.

• System dynamics and state estimation (linear/nonlinear, navigation/PNT, cooperative PNT, distributed PNT, inertial sensor modeling, oscillator modeling).
• Guidance (path planning, mission planning, cooperative teaming, tactical maneuvering).
• Control (Fixed Wing, VTOL, HVTOL, Rotorcraft).
• Perception (Classification, Identification, SLAM, Feature tracking, Automatic Target Recognition).

• Experience with software development with C/C++, embedded systems and real time operating systems.
• Experience with development tool sets, for example, Jira, Subversion/Git/Version Management.
• Knowledge and experience with the aerospace or related industry, vehicle control, algorithm development, and experience with development and testing in a lab environment.
• Typically requires a degree in Science,…